by Grant Fedorov
As time keeps flowing, we as humans keep evolving and adapting to our ever-changing lives. The human race keeps moving with time, from new foods to new inventions. One way that we keep changing is in our language. In the year of our lord 2023, a new slang term was born from the “hell hole” known as Twitter. This beautiful word was Cook, and it’s twisted and messed up brother Cooked. In this edition of Loco Mag, you’ll learn the definition of this hip new word and how to use and identify it.
First, we must start with the root word Cook. To “Cook” according to Wikipedia is to “Give someone space to speak or do something uninterrupted in hopes that the result may be entertaining or agreeable.” (Wiki link below) However, if you add an ed to the end of Cook you get the negative and evil version. If you think that you’re cooked, you think you’re doomed or over time going to be doomed. Another part of the phrase is the word Chat. Chat comes from the live streaming platform Twitch and you use Chat as a non gender specific way of saying guys. Now that we understand what these words, let’s talk about how you can use them.
A good way of using cooked or even “am I cooked” is a more serious matter. Think of the word Cooked as a lighter and slightly more humorous way of saying screwed. For example, if your friend messed up a test that didn’t matter much, then you can say that they’re cooked. The key to using any type of slang is to not overuse it or to not always use it ironically. Gen Z has a word for overusing words like cooked and it’s called “Brainrot.” Brainrot can mean overusing buzzwords until they lose meaning and purpose.
Moving away from that let’s talk about “Chat, am I Cooked?” and the best way to use it. Here are a few good examples for a slightly older audience; if you feel like you are about to lose a game or a Facebook auction and you don’t think you can win, then “Chat, am I cooked?” If you and your friends are running out of time at an escape room and suddenly intense music starts playing over the loudspeaker, “Chat, I think we’re cooked!” and finally, if you witness your friends arguing about something pointless and one friend wins because the other one doesn’t know what they are talking about, “Dang, you just cooked them.”
So the main question you may be asking is why are people saying cooked instead of doomed or screwed? The simple answer is because the word Cooked and many others are trendy now, just like how similar words like Yeet and Doge were 10 or 20 years ago. Buzzwords like cooked and chat will eventually fade out of popularity and new words will take their place as the “hot new word” to say and that’s okay. If there’s anything to take from this article, it’s to live in the moment, even if the younger generation thinks you’re “cringe” for saying it.
